RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document and Autograph Auction

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Headquartered in Amherst, NH, RR Auction is globally recognized as the trusted source for authentic autographed memorabilia and rare signed documents. Since its inception in 1976, the firm has published over 360 consecutive monthly autograph catalogs, which are distributed internationally. The firm recently auctioned the autographed photo of Albert Einstein with his tongue wagging for a record $74,340 and the check astronaut Neil Armstrong signed the day he left for the moon for $27,350.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Millard Fillmore22 - Millard Fillmore
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Ink signature, “I am truly yours, Millard Fillmore,” on an off-white 3 x 1 slip clipped from the closing of a letter. In fine condition, with a light
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Millard Fillmore23 - Millard Fillmore
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ALS, one page, 4 x 6, November 23, 1853. Fillmore writes a collector who requested the autograph of his predecessor. In full: “I regret to say that it
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Franklin Pierce24 - Franklin Pierce
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.75 x 17.5, October 13, 1855. President Pierce appoints Joseph M. Bradford as “Lieutenant in the Na
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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James Buchanan25 - James Buchanan
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Vintage ink signature, “Your ob’t servant, James Buchanan,” on an off-white 4 x 1.25 slip clipped from the close of a letter. Affixed to a 4 x 3 card.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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James Buchanan26 - James Buchanan
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Full hand-addressed free frank, measuring 10 x 8 unfolded, with center panel measuring 5 x 3, addressed in Buchanan’s hand to: “B. S. Bonsall, Esquire
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln27 - Abraham Lincoln
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 13.25 x 17.75, August 1, 1864. President Lincoln appoints Dennis Hallman a “Second Lieutenant in the Volunte
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln28 - Abraham Lincoln
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Scarce lithographic broadside of the Emancipation Proclamation, 21 x 27.5, with “The original entirely designed and executed with a Pen by Gilman R. R
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln29 - Abraham Lincoln
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Ink signature, as president, “A. Lincoln, March 9, 1865,” on an off-white 2.25 x .75 slip affixed to a slightly larger card. Light overall toning from
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln30 - Abraham Lincoln
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Rare war-dated partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, May 19, 1863. President Lincoln approves an international agreement, in part: “I here
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln31 - Abraham Lincoln
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Highly desirable Springfield Marine and Fire Insurance Company check, 7 x 2, filled out and signed by Lincoln, “A. Lincoln,” payable to Smith Wickersh
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Johnson32 - Andrew Johnson
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Ink signature, “Andrew Johnson,” on an off-white 3 x 1 slip affixed to a 3 x 1.5 off-white card. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant33 - U. S. Grant
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 14.5 x 18.5, March 21, 1870. President Grant appoints George J. Barry “a Chief Engineer in the Navy…in the s
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant34 - U. S. Grant
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Free-franked Executive Mansion mailing envelope, 5.75 x 3.25, addressed by Grant to “Hon. H. Fish, Sec. of State, Present,” and franked in the upper r
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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U. S. Grant35 - U. S. Grant
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Ink signature, “U. S. Grant,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1.75 card. Framed with a color portrait of Grant on the battlefield to an overall size of 13.25 x
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Rutherford B. Hayes36 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Ink signature, “R. B. Hayes,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card. In very good condition, with clipped corners and scattered toning and soiling, heavier und
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Rutherford B. Hayes37 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Choice ink signature, “Rutherford B. Hayes,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2 card. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Rutherford B. Hayes38 - Rutherford B. Hayes
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Brief ALS signed “R. B. Hayes,” one page, 4.5 x 2.5, October 26, 1881. Short letter to an admirer. In full: “It gives me great pleasure to comply with
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Rutherford B. and Lucy Hayes39 - Rutherford B. and Lucy Hayes
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Original signed ink sketch of two crossed leaves, done in an unknown hand, with a presentation written inside the leaves which reads, “Emmie Ten Braec
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield40 - James A. Garfield
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Handwritten telegram, in pencil, signed “J. A. Garfield,” one page, 8.5 x 5.5, Departmental Telegraph Lines letterhead, no date. Garfield telegrams Mr
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James A. Garfield41 - James A. Garfield
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Ink signature, “James A. Garfield, Hiram, Ohio,” on an off-white 5.5 x 3 slip. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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